Issue #240 | 23 July 2015

With the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) at the conclusion of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3), the international community has shifted its attention to the second of three key sustainable development outcomes from 2015. More.

The year 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC), which now brings together nine intergovernmental organizations actively involved in chemical safety. More.

Bob Diderich, OECD, current IOMC Chair, on behalf of the IOMC Participating Organizations

16 July 2015: The Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) has concluded with the adoption of the Outcome Document of the Conference, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA). In support of the AAAA, a number of significant partnerships were launched during FfD3, including: the Addis Tax Initiative, which will support strengthening domestic tax systems; the Global Financing Facility in Support of Every Woman Every Child, which brings together countries, donors and the private sector; and the Commission on Financing Global Education. More.

Photo: President of the UN General Assembly, Sam Kutesa, congratulates Hailemariam Desalegn, President of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, at the close of the conference

8 July 2015: Ministers committed to establishing “a strong, universal, ambitious, inclusive and people-centered post-2015 development agenda that will build on the foundations laid and experiences gained by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), complete the unfinished business and respond to new challenges” at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). More.

Photo:Martin Sajdik, President of ECOSOC, in conversation with HLPF 2015 delegates from Austria, Brazil and Egypt

25 June 2015: Delegates at the penultimate session for the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda focused on, inter alia: common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR), people under foreign occupation, the status of the preamble, the report of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), technical revision of the targets, and means of implementation (MOI). The last, two-week leg of the negotiation process opened on 20 July 2015. More.

IISD RS is covering the 7th and 8th Sessions of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations (Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Outcome Document), from 20-24 and 27-31 July 2015, from UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America

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